speaking of frauds, his super duper "documentary" narrated by Tom Hanks and directed by Oscar winning documentarian Who the F*ck is He? who won for An Inconvenient Propaganda movie will be out shortly.

I'm going to take a WAG and posit that the funds for this came out of some Hollywood film budgets financed by Dreamworks. A friend of mine is a forensic accountant up there and the stories she has are amazing.

The studios run in a very similar manner to either the city government of Detroit or the CIA black budget.

I can see it on a COP in Afghanistan as the bullets are flying:

Attention. Attention. Friday night's movie will be The Road We've Traveled. Rock'em sock'em kisses you never got. It's Uncle Obie's brave legions charging side by side with Greek hand bags. Showing the world a new way to fight as they use bulldozers like bazookas, bayonnets like bazook - bullets. Starring Barack Hussein Obama. That is all.

It's a shame, because Guggenheim, of those Guggenheim's had earned some cred back with
'Waiting for Superman' I imagine it's a Hope
and Crosby film, Matt, of course Hanks is the bankroller for the most recent Minitrue production,

I am interested in tonights Caucus in Utah. Mitt has endorsed Oren Hatch, but according to Insty Hatch may not be looking to fare too well tonight. Will be interesting to see if Mitt's coattails can top an angry Utah Tea Party and middle of the road Utahn's thinking Oren has overstayed his welcome in Washington.

All I know is that energy is not a unlimited resource. Especially, human energy. When you have State and POTUS having to juggle
AIPAC's demands and Bibi's obsessive compulsive behavior, you can't focus on other issues with intensity.

I think a lot of needless rancor might be avoided if we came to grips with the fact that there really isn't a great deal the US can do, or ever could have done, to make things come out "right" in the Middle East and North Africa. Presidents going back at least to Wilson have tried, probably in each instance in good faith, to fashion policies that would bring about outcomes that were, in fact, not possible.

The League of Nations, the UN, NATO and others have given it a shot, and to what end?

Utah holds it’s Republican precinct caucuses tonight. These neighborhood caucuses elect delegates to the state convention in May. No recent polling, but my informal efforts over the past couple of months or so paint a startlingly bleak picture for Hatch.

In spite of extensive mailings, townhalls, interviews, etc… Hatch’s arguments are getting a dead cat bounce. Hatch’s ambitions are a common topic of conversation and I’ve talked to exactly one person who is supportive. While Tea Party types are actively hostile towards Hatch, what is more interesting is that Utahns with no particular grudge against Hatch, simply think he’s overstayed his welcome. Hatch’s main argument has been that if reelected, he’ll be the chair of the finance committee and in a position to ‘help’ Utah with federal dollars. That appears to have backfired as most people I’ve talked to consider that point to be proof that Hatch is a big part of the problem in Washington.

Hatch’s strongest positive is Romney’s endorsement, but Mitt’s approval isn’t tipping the scales in his favor.

The likely outcome in tonight’s precinct caucuses is a large slate of unsympathetic delegates who will be immune to Hatch’s blandishments."

" The bill’s language is so overly broad as to put an end to free speech, political protest and the right to peaceably assembly in all areas where government officials happen to be present,” wrote John Whitehead of The Rutherford Institute about H.R. 347.

It was approved by Congress and awaits only Obama’s signature. While garnering significant enthusiasm in Congress, one member, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said he couldn’t support it.

“Current law makes it illegal to enter or remain in an area where certain government officials (more particularly, those with Secret Service protection) will be visiting temporarily if and only if the person knows it’s illegal to enter the restricted area but does so anyway,” he said. “The bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it’s illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect it’s illegal...

...a post on George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley’s blog page notes that the imprecise language, just as in the NDAA, creates risks and can most definitely be seen as a threat to our First Amendment right to Free Speech, Freedom of Assembly, and Freedom to Petition our government. None of that is very comforting in light of the Patriot Act and surveillance of and wire tapping of Americans.”

He continued, “Tonight you no longer need to be a conspiracy theorist to have real questions about whether we are becoming a police state.”"

“A person eating in a diner while a presidential candidate is trying to score political points with the locals could be arrested if government agents determine that he is acting ‘disorderly.’ Mind you, depending on who’s making the assessment, anything can be considered disorderly, including someone exercising his right to free speech by muttering to himself about a government official. And if that person happens to have a pocketknife or nail clippers in his possession (or any other innocuous item that could be interpreted by the police as ‘dangerous’), he could face up to 10 years in prison,” Whitehead warned.

--The League of Nations, the UN, NATO and others have given it a shot, and to what end?--

You could go back thousands of years and not find a country that made much of a lasting dent in those cement heads, save for Rome ridding the world of the Carthaginians and Alexander Hellenizing them a bit.
Try a thought experiment; what would North Africa and the Middle East be like absent the Brits, the Israelis and petroleum?
A good case could be made the whole infertile crescent would look like Afghanistan on a bad day.

The rift between Sleep Train Mattress Centers and Rush Limbaugh apparently became permanent today after Limbaugh reportedly turned aside the Sacramento retailer's attempt at a truce.

Limbaugh rebuffed Sleep Train's request that the controversial radio host resume his duties as a paid spokesman for the company.

Supposedly (per local talk radio), the relationship with the owner of Sleep Train goes back to Rush's early days and a "friendship" had developed all these years. I guess when you stab a friend in the back, he remembers!!!!

Jeff Foxworthy went to Georgia Tech and worked his way up to being (For a while I know) the highest grossing comedian in history. He is a really classy, nice guy and it's good to see somebody like him make it.

The 110th congress required a statement of Constitutional authority on all bills that went thru the House. It seems to never get done.

Except now:

" [Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)] [House] [Page H356] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

By Mr. ROONEY: H.R. 347. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof."

actually, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Petra, Damascus, Karnak,etc were all marvels of the world at one time or another.

In reading the history of Jerusalem I am amazed at the carnage it has seen over the millenia. It should rightfully be called Phoenix for the number of times it has been destroyed and rebuilt from the Babylonians onwards.

The entire city was torn down stone by stone by Titus and renamed Aelia Capitolina in 130 Anno Domini by Hadrian. They abolished the name Judaea and instead called it Palestina.

When the Jews were betrayed by Hadrian, the Bar Kochba rebellion arose and after its suppression, the Jews were scattered to the wind (again).

It was only under Constantine's mother, Helena, who was buying up relics like baseball cards that Jerusalem once again arose into a powerful city once again based upon faith.

Mohammed declared Jerusalem the holiest of cities and site of his own version of Armageddon before he changed his mind and named Mecca and Medina as his one - two.

If we then travel eastwards in the wayback machine, Babylon was inhabited for thousands of years and Baghdad was the greatest city in the world until 1425 or so when Ghengiz Khan literally destroyed it brick by brick. This doesn't include Persepolis or any of the other Persian capitals.

It was the Mongol invasion, Tamerlane's even worse invasion, and then Ottoman decrepitude that dragged what was arguably the center of civilization down.

We Americans tend to think in weeks and months and decades while others think in centuries and millenia.

There can be every expectation that, if some new Saladin arises we may see a very different Ummah. Maybe not today or tomorrow. The conditions would seem to be ripening rapidly. And then the oil goes away or we pay another form of dhimmitude.

And our government has done its best to wee wee it all up. Barack Hussein Obama...mmm.mmm.mmm

My brother sent me an email link tonight that I thing everyone here will want to listen to (alas, it is 12 minutes long, so you might want to wait until a quiet time - like over morning coffee or something).

It is Ezra Levant talking about the Keystone Pipeline and the ramifications to us in the USA, but also how the Dems and environmentalists here are trying to stop Canada from shipping their natural resources somewhere else. It is infuriating and outrageous.

We have a volatile Southern border already. How soon before we can say the same about our Northern border under Obama?

Can't be. They have nothing to deliver it with (a B-52 or B-1 could probably do it in a pinch, but the thing is designed for and really requires a B-2).

Besides, we already sold 'em a bunch of GBU-28s (a 2000 lb variant suitable for F-15E delivery) . . . which they can actually use. This report is awfully vague, and while there might be some kernel of truth, the headline is hard to credit.

Saw a bit of L O'Donnell's nasty show about "Game CHange". Nicole Wallace now says she didn't vote for McCain because of Palin. If there's justice in this world: "You'll never work in this town again!"

Knowing how the MSM edits, why didn't the McCain campaign have its own camera for Palin's interviews?

You answered your own question, Ralph,Schmidt
didn't one day 'realize that Obama's campaign
was akin to RFK's, (get the gagging sensation out of your mouth,) certainly after Lehman's collapse he gave up the ghost, although ultimately I blame McCain,

Daddy, late getting home from bridge, but here is the situation. The caucus night is in a week,on the 15th. That night, delegates will be chosen to go to the convention in June. Delegates will be chosen to support the majority in their precincts.

In 2010 Bennett lost in the convention so he was not on the ballot in November. Hatch is sending out a boatload of mailings about how fiscally responsible he is. Right! Lots of radio, too. The main opponent is Dan Liljanquist who is accused by Hatch of voting for "double dipping" in the Utah legislature.

FreedomWorks seems to be against Hatch, but is not for anyone in particular. There are also a lot of ads for Newt on the radio paid for by his PAC.

I am the precinct captain but to a really messed up bit of scheduling, the visiting nurses have their big Art&Soup fundraiser in SLC Tues-Thurs next week. I am committed to participate in that so can't go to the caucus. I have given them a piece of my mind.

For anyone wanting a longer overview of critical race theory and why an endorsement of bell is indeed very troubling--LUN.

Race permeates everything going on in education now so given the enforcement priorities and disgusting statements I have and that endorsement, it is hard to not see Obama as having a comparable mindset to Bell. Race is the filter through which everything is viewed.

I think Kagan, the Latina, and Ginsburg are largely in accord but with gender being the concept that makes all oppressive.

Just read the late night comments. Daddy,you were asking about Utah. Apparently,Orrin Hatch was using Olympia Snowe as a campaign tactic. He is currently ranking member of Senate Finance,and he warned constituents that if he were to lose re-election,she would gain that position. I'm guessing her decision deprived him of that tactic! Morning all!

Wait a second; a senior adviser to McStain didn't vote for him in the campaign which she was involved in? I don't think I've ever been aware of a more blatant admission of backstabbing and lack of character. Who in their right mind would ever hire her?

I don't think I've ever been aware of a more blatant admission of backstabbing and lack of character. Who in their right mind would ever hire her?

You know, we talk about executive experience as a prerequisite for the presidency. One of the most important jobs an executive has is to put the right people into the right jobs. If he or she does that well, managing them is a breeze, and success is a hell of a lot more likely than otherwise.

Look at who McCain put into important positions in his campaign, and just imagine who he'd have had in his administration, chosen as judges, etc.

I like John McCain for his personal history, his loyalty for the first 70 years of his life, but as a CEO, man what an incompetent. IF 'Bam is blown out in November, it may have been the least worst 4 years, because Mccain would have ruined for a generation the Conservative-Republican brand. Geez.

Well, this is interesting. Not a particular fan of John Ziegler, but apparently he was on my local talk radio (the Chris Daniel Show) and claiming that Breitbart told him Matt Drudge intentionally kept info about Obama muted or off of his page entirely in 2008.

I usually hear only the first 15 minutes of the show on my drive home from work each evening, so I completely missed hearing this interview.

I like John McCain for his personal history, his loyalty for the first 70 years of his life . . .

Even that's not all it's cracked up to be. Several of his contemporaries have no use for him (e.g., vocally deride him as a marginal POW who cooperated more than necessary and capitalized on his father's position). I'd be reluctant to cast a stone in that direction, but some of the guys who were there are not so reticent.

NK, there's no doubt in my mind that McRINO would have been a disaster for the party and the country. There'd have been no Tea Party and a demoralized base watching as the old coot did a barely better job than BOzo, but still one that would just deferred his election for four years.